Chapter 12: Backing Up and Restoring User Databases

Getting information about dump files

If you are unsure of the contents of a tape, use the with headeronly or with listonly option of the load commands to request that information.

Table 12-19 shows the syntax for finding the contents of a tape.

**Table 12-19: Listing dump headers or file names**
	Listing information about a dump
	load {database \| tran} database_name from [compress::]stripe_device [at backup_server_name] [density = density, dumpvolume = volume_name file = file_name] [stripe on [compress::]stripe_device [at server_name] [density = density, dumpvolume = volume_name, file = file_name] ...] [with{ density = density, compression = compress_level, dumpvolume = volume_name, file = file_name, [nodismount \| dismount], [nounload \| unload], passwd = password,
List files on tape	`listonly [= full],`
List header information	`headeronly [, file = filename ],`
	`notify = {client \| operator_console}}]]`

Neither with headeronly nor with listonly loads the dump files after displaying the report.